Animal Protection

I found a lost dog at my door. Not one person looked for this dog. It was a little PUG. I brought the dog to the Vet. because I noticed something wrong with its eye and back legs. The vet. scanned the dog and it had a chip. I brought the dog back to the owner and explained that if they did not want the dog to call me. I found out that the owners had a total of 3 dogs. One of which the dog control officer picked up and was very malnurished. The dog I found was half its body weight. The owner let the PUG go again only to be killed by a neighbors horse 3days after the dog was returned to them. There is still a dog in that house not being properly cared for and the dog control officer said he can't ask to see the dog. We need laws with heavy penalties for animal abuse. We have repeat offenders because they don't get a good sentence.